Brighton indie punks GENDER ROLES have announced a 2020 UK headline tour due to phenomenal demand, following their mostly sold-out 2019 headline run and Boston Manor support.
Returning to headline in even bigger rooms, the band couldn’t be more excited to get back out on the road. Drummer / vocalist Jordan Lilford commented: “The first album tour was totally bonkers and we were blown away by the reactions and sold-out shows so we thought…. let’s keep the party going! Bigger rooms, songs we’ve never played live before and some golden oldies too. Let’s get it.”
Dates:
26 March – Glasgow, Poetry Club https://bit.ly/2O5hpYv
27 March – Newcastle, Think Tank http://bit.ly/GR-TT
28 March – Sheffield, Network https://bit.ly/37oBBfm
31 March – Manchester, Yes (Basement) https://bit.ly/344FlR3
01 April – Bristol, Exchange http://hdfst.uk/E59092
02 April – Birmingham, Asylum 2 https://bit.ly/2Xy5fdv
03 April – London, The Dome https://bit.ly/2O7eVcd
Tonight the band will play a ‘Live Gig’ session on BBC Radio 1’s Future Sounds with Annie Mac. Check out last night’s show which plugs the session here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000bdzp
Taken from their debut album PRANG, check out the video for recent single ‘School’s Out’ here: https://youtu.be/9pOrF77F3EA
‘Schools Out’ follows singles ‘Hey With Two Whys’ and ‘You Look Like Death’, both of which have enjoyed strong support from the likes of Annie Mac,Radio 1 Rock Show, Huw Stephens, Steve Lamacq, Radio X’s John Kennedy, Kerrang! Radio’s Alex Baker, Amazing Radio and more.
PRANG has not been short of praise from the press with Kerrang! calling it “an album packed with unskipable delights” and DIY stating that GENDER ROLES are “the UK’s most vibrant young punk prospects”.
Forming after a chance initial meeting at drummer Jordan Lilford’s Brighton Pride party in 2015, GENDER ROLES, also consisting of guitarist/vocalist Tom Bennett and bassist Jared Tomkins, found that Brighton’s DIY scene was the ideal hub to cut their teeth and allow themselves to grow as a band. The inspiration and ethos they could draw on in those early days has been integral to the act they’ve become.
While the coastal city remains the band’s home, it cannot be said to have contained them. Gigging throughout Europe and the States, packing out tents at festivals such as 2000 Trees, and sharing the stage with heroes from Jamie Lenman to Touche Amore and Pup, GENDER ROLES have built on those early foundations to amass a growing fanbase, drawn to their melodic grunge/punk and dry, candid sense of humour.
Documenting that growth have been the band’s two EPs released so far, 2017’s Planet X-Ray and 2018’s Lazer Rush. While the theme for those EPs was “overcoming the past and looking forward to the future together”, the new, debut album, PRANG, focuses on much more immediate issues, even if it did come from a particularly happy place for GENDER ROLES.
Purchase PRANG here: https://bsm.rocks/prangout